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It's 19:58, and high-risk part of the workday Jenifer Ringer is about to begin. As hovering in the wings of Koch Theater at Lincoln Center David H. New York nutcracker ballet , about to be presented to an audience of thousands swan lake ballet , beauty calm classical dancer black hair and so most dancers centers they can not. "I think my daughter, Grace, all curled up asleep in bed," he said. ballet school "Compared to that, nutcracker ballet all this does not seem so great. Becoming a mother has definitely changed things for me."
The choice of having a child makes the veteran dancer from the famous New York City Ballet (NYC) an exception to the rule Ballerina 20 years nutcracker ballet. "Few dancers become mothers during their years at the nutcracker ballet scene because it's such an intense race egocentric," says Mrs swan lake ballet .ballet school Kathleen Tracy NYC ballet, once a dancer and now mom. "Having a baby can be removed from the scene for over a year. nutcracker ballet And I know dancers who returned after a pregnancy only to develop a barrage of problems recovering from injuries nutcracker ballet.
including severe ligament and tendon that have never experienced before giving birth nutcracker ballet . "But none of this deterred Jenifer, I knew I wanted children. Her husband ten years, former NYC principal dancer James Fayette nutcracker ballet, helped make it happen for both in 2005, when he was transferred to a career as a union representative for artists. "James was offered a job swan lake ballet , and decided to take," said Jennifer. "I was ready to stop dancing, and he has given us more stability to raise a family,nutcracker ballet and that transitions professional dance may be uncertain."
So as it stands backstage before a show nutcracker ballet, Jenifer welcomes your lasting career and the opportunity to be a mom. "It's a long day," he admits.ballet school On days like this, a class at 10:30 is needed, repeated eleven 30-O.K.'d, catches his breath for an hour before going backstage for costume swan lake ballet , hair and makeup, nutcracker ballet and stars in one of Length or two short ballets.
The last two decades have been both exciting and challenging for Jenifer time nutcracker ballet. 37 Now an age when most of us may be about professional is ballet school the main principal dancer critically acclaimed success several years older than most of the best dancers of the company. And in a job where requirements are perhaps the antithesis of weight gain during pregnancy and the demands of motherhood ballet school , nutcracker ballet which is one of only three mothers of the current crop of nearly 50 dancers NYC.
The successes and struggles
Jenifer was not one of those girls who dream of being a ballerina. Conversely nutcracker ballet. "I tried to ballet at the age of four five and found it very boring," she said, but when he was 10, he saw a friend to take a class swan lake ballet with a teacher who was a professional ballet dancer and found it "interesting ". So he returned to ballet classes. nutcracker ballet "I discovered that I love to dance and I was good at it," said Jennifer.
When his family moved from South Carolina to Virginia nutcracker ballet , I had the opportunity to attend the School of Ballet in Washington DC swan lake ballet. "My mother took me to the city and back, over an hour each way ballet school, so I could go to class," he recalls, adding that his parents were still in favor of her dancing. Logistics luck struck again when she was a teenager: his company from his father moved to New York, and Jenifer entered the School of American Ballet, the official school of NYC When his parents moved. Again, Jenifer was. nutcracker ballet He attended school on a full scholarship, he quickly became an apprentice swan lake ballet with NYC and was invited to join the company in 1990-16 years.
Bulging eyes dancer was delighted to join the iconic company and gave solo interesting opportunities from the beginning nutcracker ballet, working with choreographer Jerome Robbins and facts leading roles in new ballets. But she was very young and poorly prepared. "I do not know how to handle the pressures of a difficult race ballet school, nutcracker ballet this world of adults," he said. "My whole self was involved in ballet and in my appearance.
If things were not going well, my self-esteem would collapse nutcracker ballet. I like to comfort me, and gained weight." Jenifer NYC dancers emphasizes absolutely not asked to be insufficient, but they need to be nutcracker ballet fit and have the body of athletes to meet the intense choreography. "We certainly had heavier than that swan lake ballet," he said, admitting that she has struggled with bouts of anorexia and compulsive eating. Although she was promoted to soloist in 1995, she continued to suffer. He put on his best face despite the injury-plagued gain and weight and its standard. "Finally got to the point where I could not dance on stage, and this is where I found my greatest joy swan lake ballet, nutcracker ballet" he said.
In the summer of 1997 Jenifer NYC left by mutual agreement with the assurance that I could always go back nutcracker ballet. "In my head, I stopped completely ballet," she said. The next four weeks were a blur total hid in their apartment ballet school, watched TV and ate. A few months later, he met a former ballet teacher told him to come and take a class. nutcracker ballet "She said," I do not like how you look. You have to dance. "That was the beginning of my healing process."
Re-Barre
His friend and colleague James Fayette nutcracker ballet , who was often his dance partner, was also part of this process. Before leaving, he asked Jenifer swan lake balletic-star in a performance of The Nutcracker with him in the State of New York. His first reaction was in any way. "At the time I was about 40 pounds overweight, and I said," I am huge, and you will not want to do this with me. "And he said:. 'No, really want to do with you".. Then she said yes, nutcracker ballet "It's a miracle they could not find a tutu left me," Jenifer he said, laughing, "It was the first time I was on stage I stopped. ballet school I I made peace with myself, and I know it's a cloche, but I swan lake ballet looked in the mirror and said. "You know, I'm beautiful" was then, when he accepted the weight that was, turned his joy of dancing. nutcracker ballet "James slowly looked at me with eyes that were not the eyes of the world of ballet," she says. "He was a true friend to me."
As Jenifer has regained her sense of self-one that was as much about love than the love of dance began to learn to be a better person overall health. She began to lose weight nutcracker ballet . As she conquered her eating disorders swan lake ballet , ballet school also earned a degree in English at Fordham University (where he had previously registered) had several jobs to support himself and performed several concerts with James. A year after leaving NYC, the ballet master chief Peter Martins came and asked if he could return to society. nutcracker ballet "They were very generous to let me go back," she said.
Forward with family
Jennifer and James relationship evolved into a romantic nutcracker ballet. "He says he was in love with me for eleven years, I was unconscious," said married in 2000 swan lake ballet. The two were eventually promoted to principal dancer in NYC, and continued to be discarded. front of the other until James left the company. "Overall, I do not lose me dance," he said, "but I really miss dancing with Jenifer, it's the perfect balance between self-executing nutcracker ballet and entrusted to resign." He is particularly proud of her while looking to grow as a working mother ballet school. He knows the pressures and stress that can accompany being a principal dancer of a major ballet company.swan lake ballet But, he said,nutcracker ballet "Jenifer efforts to make a priority to balance life and have only improved with the sense of security and support they enjoy a professional dance world in which anything can happen and often family ".
The birth of her daughter in 2008 meant that Jenifer take another full year out of the dance nutcracker ballet, but the holiday was filled with happiness swan lake ballet. "I loved being pregnant," said Jennifer. "Many dancers dancing in the eighth or ninth month. I danced until around the fourth month, and then I stopped. I was a little love being pregnant and not being a dancer at the same time.
It was another healing process nutcracker ballet nutcracker ballet, because I I was watching my body big again, but this time it was for a beautiful reason. "It took three months after giving birth to return to the studio to work with because the baby had colic and no one slept much. Jenifer breastfed for six months and loved it swan lake ballet, too.ballet school She returned after a year scenarios. "It was emotionally hard to resend the confines of the world of ballet because there were so completely separated," he recalls. "But at the back was not an option, nutcracker ballet for economic reasons and because I love my job."
Balance and outside Pointe
For nine months, day and night schedule NYC Jenifer nutcracker ballet , with occasional gigs out of town during the offseason, life can be hectic. She died on Monday; James workweek. They feel fortunate to have found a nanny who works a flexible schedule of four days and is available 9: 00-18: 30 when needed. "No end my schedule often work until 7:30 the day before, so then I can text her and say:" ". She was with us for a year and works" Tomorrow is your schedule .... Jenifer James tag team and the rest of the day and night. "James is incredible," he said. "It's very much a hands-on dad races Home Labor so you can be with Grace"swan lake ballet . And the feeling is mutual. "Plans and prepares, nutcracker ballet anticipating that grace must keep satisfied and happy" James Jenifer rented as a devoted mother thought
Jenifer is never happier than when she can spend time with Grace nutcracker ballet. They walk her Manhattan apartment to a park and play nearby. "Grace is a wild child," said Jenifer sparks. "She likes to pretend and has a great imagination swan lake ballet, so that our time together is often intended and act on what the book is, ultimately, is the series of books Fancy Nancy." It is not surprising, Grace also love to dance and is very coordinated, but his parents are reluctant to encourage dance career, how difficult it can be nutcracker ballet. "If she has a passion for it and really wanted to, well ... but we will not push!" Jenifer adds, laughing.
Since we became parents, she and James have not quite figured out how to find some time nutcracker ballet, especially since Jenifer often work nights swan lake ballet. Sometimes they have a date Monday night, if one parent is in town to be with Grace. Sometimes they will meet for lunch or even a movie if they can take a few hours swan lake ballet. "We are very discreet," said Jennifer. "I eat dinner after the show. If you're still awake nutcracker ballet when I get home, we see each other, but sometimes sleeps." As for "me time," said Jenifer is just reading a book, or even turn on the music and house cleaning. "It seems a little strange, but the house is so chaotic that if I did half an hour and can restore order, I feel better. nutcracker ballet" Sometimes it sneaks into a guilty or two pleasure, Battle star Galactic as watching television while eating ice cream Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
Jenifer is well aware that she is in the last stage of her dance career nutcracker ballet . What next? "I want to write, which is another very tough race," he says. "I wrote the stories of some children, so if there is a dream swan lake ballet , is to get those illustrated and published." Another dream:nutcracker ballet to have more children and become a stay at home mom-"maybe until they are in school."
But for now, Jenifer remains an elegant and incandescent dancer nutcracker ballet. "I'm always surprised by what keeps their technical professional ballet through each season swan lake ballet, especially knowing he had town lake ballet deal with sleepless nights nutcracker ballet, diseases and tantrums," said her friend Kathleen Tracy.
In fact, Jenifer suggests that being a mom threw her dancing nutcracker ballet. "I think the way the world looks through with such joy and innocence and wonder swan lake ballet, and I realize that I am one of those people that maybe can express. What I can give the audience a little that sense of joy and wonder. In ballet is nutcracker ballet obvious that would be perfect, but I think it is not necessarily what gives you joy of the audience. With help me go move some perfectionism. Now my work is less about attainment of perfection and more about what I'm going to give nutcracker ballet. "
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